Nexus Network photo competition winners
What do the links between food, energy, water and the environment mean to you? This was the question we asked in our online Nexus Network photo competition as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. We wanted to see how food, energy, water and the environment connect with your everyday life, at home, at […]
The future of nexus research funding
Professor James Wilsdon, Director of the Nexus Network and Dr Hannah Collins, Deputy Head of the Economic Performance and Environment Team at the Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC, co-chaired the workshop session on ‘The funding landscape for nexus research’ at the Nexus Network conference on 19 November 2015. This blog post is a summary of […]
Why engage with policymakers?
In our latest guest blog, Dr Anna Krzywoszynska from Durham University reflects on the workshop session she ran on ‘Policy engagement and the nexus’ in the afternoon of the Nexus Network Annual Conference on 19 November 2015. Why engage with policymakers (at all)? As academics, we are encouraged by our universities and the funding bodies […]
Political dimensions of the nexus
In our series of guest blogs from the Nexus Network Annual Conference on 19 November 2015, we are pleased to publish this post from conference participant Rachael Taylor. Political and social dimensions of the nexus The blog is Rachael’s overview of the contribution from Dr Antonio Ioris, University of Edinburgh to the ‘Nexus struggles: agricultural […]
The hidden voices of nexus struggles
In our series of guest blogs from the Nexus Network Annual Conference on 19 November 2015, we are pleased to publish this post from conference participant Rachael Taylor. Rachael is a Doctoral researcher at SPRU, the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. The blog is Rachael’s overview of the ‘Nexus struggles: agricultural […]
Systems approaches to the Nexus – keynote talk by Tim Benton
Professor Tim Benton, UK Champion for Global Food Security gave the afternoon keynote at the Nexus Network second Annual Conference on 19 November 2015, on ‘Systems approaches to managing the nexus: can we really do it?’. You can download a pdf of Tim Benton’s talk here Nexus_London_Nov_2015_TimBenton The following is an overview of Tim benton’s […]
Understanding Limits and Nexus – keynote talk by Tim Jackson
Professor Tim Jackson, from the ESRC Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity gave the morning keynote at the Nexus Network second Annual Conference on 19 November 2015, on ‘Flourishing within limits – towards a social science for sustainable prosperity’. You can download a pdf of Tim Jackson’s talk here CUSP Nexus conference Nov 2015_TimJackson The following […]
Nexus2020 update
Dr Bhaskar Vira from the University of Cambridge gave an update on the Nexus2020 project at the Nexus Network conference on 19 Nov 2015. The Nexus2020 project asked for responses to What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their dependencies and impacts upon food, energy, water […]
Nexus Network partnership grants – £300,000 available
THIS CALL HAS NOW CLOSED. Apply by 1700 UK time on 31 Jan 2016 for the Nexus Network Research Partnership Grants. The Nexus Network has £300,000 available to support inter- and trans-disciplinary research projects on nexus themes. Projects should improve understanding of food-energy-water nexus interactions and support actions to improve their sustainability. Proposals are invited […]
Urban Nexus Workshop. 12 & 13 May 2016. Sussex, UK.
The ‘Nexuses of the Urban: Interactions between water, energy and food provision for sustainable cities’ workshop is being led by Dr Saurabh Arora from SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit at University of Sussex and will take place over two days in University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. We now have over 100 people registered for […]